The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-09-15

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man and a splendid vocalist.
The Scotland Neck Democrat, the
Warrenton Gazette, and various CORE
spondents who attended the session
throughout, agree in the declaration that
the 3" Institute at W%arrenton was a grand
success ~ -. =.
Durham is again on a high wave.
Last Saturday, 500, 600 was voted to the
Durham and Northern Railroad, and it
was done by a vote of 1853 to a lonely l.
This road is to give Durham an outlet by
the Coast Line system. q
The Mission Board of the Baptist
State Convention met in Raleigh on last
Monday and elected Rev. G. Durham as
Corresponding Secretary of the conven-
ton to fill the unexpired' term of Mr..
John E. Ray, resigned.
The G. f. & Y. V. Road has reached
Dalton and the event was signalized by a
grand celebration. A. H: Joyce, w. w.
King, D. +. Caldwell, J. T. Morehead
and j. c. Buxton made speeches. 1t was
a day of general rejoicing.
The Headlight, which has been illumi-
mating the country roundabout Battle
boro, has been removed to Goldsboro and
will be enlarged to thirty-two columns.
May it continue to light up the track of
progress and shine on in undiminished and
increasing b%rilliancy.
The farmers of Montgomery will not
give it up. They were prevented from
holding the big meeting on the 9th ult.
by the very heavy rains, but they now
advertise, through their energetic chair,
man, w. T. H. Ewing, that they will
have a grand rally on the 14th inst.
And now Mecklenburg falls into
line. A meeting will be held in the city
of Charlotte next Saturday to arrange for
a farmers institute-a cattle show and a
fair during the first week in November.
It can and should be made an occasion
worthy of historic old Mecklenburg and
her noble people.
Gen. Robt. Ransom issues a call for
a reunion of the LIST Regt. n. c. Cavalry
at Raleigh on Thursday of Fair week.
No drawer men ever drew a sabre than
those composing that superb regiment,
and they will meet a cordial and earnest
welcome at the hands of the good people
of Raleigh and of the State.
Tile Poultry Monthly, one of the best
publications of the kind in this country.
Every housekeeper should have it. Per-
sons subscribing at once for the year 1888,
get the remaining numbers of this year
free; that is, the copies from time of order
to January, 1889, for the price of n
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491 Broadway.
On his trip to Philadelphia, Gov.
Scales will be accompanied by Col. A. B.
Andrews, Associate Justice A. S. Merri-
mon, Chairman, r. H. Battle, Hon. W..
r. Cox and Hon. w. l.. Steele, and by
the following members Of his staff: Adj
jutant-General tombstone Jones, Gen. J.
NJ. Leach, Col. F. H. Fries, Judge-Advo-
cate General G.. H. Brown and Assistant
Paymaster-General Benehan Cameron.
Read the interesting sketch of the
Kansas Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege on the fourth page. 1t is from the
pen of one of its professors, and we thank
him for it. We hope to impress upon
our people the Importance Of having a
system Of education in which the hand
and brain and heart Of our farmer boys
and girls may be trained together. And
when we shall realize it's great import
ance, we hope to see such institutions in
State as exist in the young but pros
porous State of Kansas. =
Raleigh is moving; in all departments
is making splendid progress. We
may illustrate it by the remarkable growth
the business of Messrs. Norris & Carter.
Four years agolast Saturday, they opened
at 2O3 Fayetteville street with two sales
men in a room containing 975 sq~uarefeet.
The secoud year they added new force to
the demands of their rapidly grow
ing trade. The third year found them
still climbing up and they were compelled